December 17, 1984 | Volume 61, Issue 27

Gutsy Joe Theismann led the Washington Redskins to a major win over Dallas

With 215 rushing yards Sunday, the Rams' Eric Dickerson ran past O.J. to a one-season record 2,007 yards

A stunning upset by a promising kid kept Martina Navratilova from becoming the third Calendar Girl

Donnie Gay set a rodeo record in Oklahoma City, where the riders sure were not throwing the bull

BYU offensive linemen don't talk or play nasty, but they're tough when it comes to protecting the passer

In this issue staff writer Jack McCallum brings into focus a group accustomed to being overlooked, the offensive line of top-ranked Brigham Young (page 38). McCallum's own experience in the pits...

Newly introduced Mike Donald and Vicki Alvarez won the Mixed Team title

Anybody who skips Richard Whittingham's What a Game They Played (Harper & Row, $15.95)—anybody who doesn't care to sit down with Red Grange, Johnny Blood, Sammy Baugh, Don Hutson and others...

Talk going around Indianapolis is that coach Frank Kush was fired during a locker room tiff with owner Bob Irsay on Nov. 25, and that he'll wind up in Arizona as coach of the USFL's Outlaws.

The first half was drawing to a close when the Chicago Bears, desperate, decided to audition a new quarterback. And what did Walter Payton think of his brief stint at QB in Sunday's 20-14 loss to...

When the Houston Oilers were 0-5 and slip-sliding to nowhere, quarterback Warren Moon, who had played six seasons with the Edmonton Eskimos of the CFL, leading them to the Grey Cup championship...

OFFENSE: Rams running back Eric Dickerson rushed for 215 yards in 27 carries to surpass O.J. Simpson's single-season rushing record set in 1973 (2,007 to 2,003) as the Rams defeated Houston, 27-16.

Oral Roberts' Dick Acres and sons hope to reach the Promised Land

EAST

DAVID ROBINSON: The 6'11" sophomore, the tallest Navy player ever, scored 115 points, made 44 of 69 shots, had 52 rebounds and was named Saluki Shootout MVP, as the Middies split four games.

A century ago you might have seen someone like Dr. Wayman R. Spence standing by a buckboard on Main Street, urging passersby to examine his offbeat wares. But over the years the buckboard has...

It has become more and more obvious that money makes the world of baseball go around. The game may have been Fantasyland when we were kids, but now it's free agency and TV millions and...

The most significant and certainly the most interesting deal of the week was Rickey Henderson's move to the Yankees for reliever Jay Howell and four prospects. Henderson, he of the fast feet and...

SANDY ALDERSON: Forced into making moves because of the team's continued financial troubles, Oakland's vice-president traded his best player, Rickey Henderson, to the Yankees; his best starter,...

The spectral fish called permit, that is. They're tough to see and hell to catch, but on the flats off Belize's Turneffe Islands you'll get a grand slam—and immortality—if you land one on a fly...

MEANINGLESS MEASURE

•Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, asked if there's anything he can no longer do after more than 15 seasons in the NBA: "I can't run my fingers through my hair."

On a warm autumn morning in 1977, I was sitting in my office, finishing my first cup of coffee, when the phone rang. It was Candi Sperry, something of a foul-weather friend from Massachusetts. I...

TIM NIELSONHAVRE, MONT.Tim, a senior quarterback for Havre High, led the state in total offense with 2,393 yards, passing for 1,473 and 16 touchdowns and rushing for 920 and 13 TDs. In a 40-31 win...

PRO BASKETBALL—No longer the Second City of the Central Division, Chicago ran its winning streak to five games and tied Milwaukee for the division lead. Orlando Woolridge's 90 points in last...

THE MAGIC OF FLUTIESir:A Perm State graduate and die-hard Nittany Lion supporter now living in Boston, I've had an opportunity to watch Doug Flutie play on numerous occasions, including his four...